Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Wednesday, July 25, 2007, Mount Pleasant, MI to Birch Run, MI, 74. 8 miles, 6 hrs, 5 hrs 37 mins on the bike, Ave. speed: 13.2 mph, Climb: 700 ft.

The string of delightful days continues! Got to sleep in 'til 6 am to start, and then had wonderful weather - cool enough, sunny, no wind and almost no hills!!!!!!! I just put myself in cruise mode and enjoyed the day. Traveled through more farmland - lots of old farms dating back to the mid to late 1800's. I would love to have several more of these kinds of rides. I know many of the other cyclists like the variety of the hills and climbs, but I thoroughly love the flats!!!

Got in by 1:30 pm and was all excited to do laundry, only to find out that the laundromat had closed. I am now waiting to use the one hotel dryer (I did get my clothes washed in the one hotel washer), but there are still 3 other people ahead of me. Ah, the adventures of cycling across the country......

2 comments:

Sar-Bear said...

Glad to hear you had a relaxing day! We miss you already. Clara saw a biker changing his tire on the side of North Ave today and said, "There's one of Aunt Jean's friends. He missed the ferry!" Adorable. Love you!

Anonymous said...

Go Jean! It is hard to believe that you have less than two weeks to go! Way to ride. No more centuries has to make you grin from ear to ear. You will have a beautiful ride from here on out and soon you will be dipping your tires in that other body of water, the Atlantic Ocean. Keep up the great work!
Lynda